Improvement in bale-ties



JOHN H. HARDMAN, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHSOF HIS RIGHTYTO WILLIAM W. TYSON, WILLIAM H. FAULKNER, AND JAMESJOHNSTON, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,409, dated March 30,1875; application filed I February 23, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. HARDMAN, of Allegheny, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in` Bale Ties or Hoops 5 and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure l is a longitudinal section of the tie, showing the position ofthe tongues in the slots when the tie is fastened on a bale. Fig. 2 is aplan of the two ends, showing the slots and tongues.

My invention relates to bale-ties 5 and consists in reverse hooks ortongues on one end of the bale-hoop, in combination with slots on theother end, as hereinafter described, and as shown in the drawings.

A is a hoop, and B the end, provided with slots I) b b; and O is theend, provided with tongues c c and reverse tongue d,n1ade on the hoop,and arranged to enter and fasten in the slots, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. The

tongue l is made longer than the tongues c c; and in adjusting the tieon a bale tongue d is placed in slot b on the top of end B, and the endO is drawn down over end B sufficiently to introduce the tongues c c intheir slots, and the outward pressure of the bale, when released fromthe press, draws the tongues c c under and tightly against the edge ofthe hoop at the end of the slots b b, the end of the tongue d remainingin slot b', and holding under the hoop, as seen in the. drawings. Thetongues, being reversed, and under the hoop next to the bale, areclosely held against the lower side of the `end B, preventing thetongues from springing out of their slots by sudden pressure or jar inuse.

What I claim as new in bale-ties, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

Ihe tongues c c and reverse tongue d on end G, in combination with slotsb b b in end B, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I aftiX mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

WM. W. l lYsoN, C. B. ToWLEs.

J. H. HARDMAN.

